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past elections

South Carolina Governor

James H. Hodges (D) vs Mark Sanford (R)

Actual result
R+5.8
Final polls said
D+0.6
5 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
Winner
Rep

"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. The model's prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+7.01.2
2Zogby AnalyticsD+2.07.8
3SurveyUSAD+6.011.8

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2002-11-02764D+6.012
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-28625R+7.01
SurveyUSA2002-10-26764D+3.09
SurveyUSA2002-10-19764D+5.011
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-15625R+4.02
SurveyUSA2002-10-12764D+6.012
Zogby Analytics2002-10-09500D+2.08
SurveyUSA2002-09-29764EVEN6
SurveyUSA2002-09-14764D+5.011